New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-26
TONS UPON TONS OF OHEWIYG GUN
TO KEEP AMERICAN JAWS MAsTICAT ING.

HABIT THAT IS NORTHUMBERLAND FORMS or
THE COMMODITY.
-Four huudrsd thousand dollars invested In plant in
Bresklyn the manufacture Of chewing gum and
O million dollars year spent by the American people
for this commodity who would believe such thing
possible And yet Of the largest manufacturers Of
chewing gun in this country yesterday assured
TRIBUNE reporter that IL Is actual fact and e
minute survey OF the mammoth factory devoted 70 TINS
single Industry produced convincing prox OF the truth
Of his statement. The factory In question Is well
built brick structure six stories high above the base
nsnt seventy feet front and hundred feet deep
and Is situated in healthy quarter not far frsm the
Bridge
In the basement are located 100 hsrse power engine
whick the machinery throughout the building; q
dynamo for lighting the factory with electricity, anu
the watts, etc. for the first the manipulation Of
tho gum But the processes Of fabrication are
guarded with sxtrene Jealousy. which Is perfectly
proper when 1t is remembered that they nave Desa
evolved cut Of twenty Of careful experiment ana
Intelligent enterprise. The first fssr is the shipping
room. ana whom the reporter called two large vane
drawn the deer at the side Of tho factory to
be laden with eases OF gum fer shipment The 1--we
stories above occupied BY machines which are tn
exclusive property OF the manufacturer and by the
packing and labelling departments.
SECRET PROCESSES CLOSELY GUARDED.
with the understanding that mono Of the processes
was to be described. the proprietor escorted the
alton communicated many interesting facts on the sub
jsct OF chewing gum in general
"Is the common idea that Americans are the only gum
chswers a correct snsi" ASKED the reporter
"By ne zsans," ne replied; "ths habit 10 universal
In tho Northern states tho people have ehewsd the
spruce gum frsm tine immemorial and tho indians
nado the same use OF 1t before the whites came
here. In tho South the women chswsd the end OF .
stick Which they dipped from time to time 'sto snua
has bees suppa.tsd t. great srt.ns In late year: Oy
tho Introduction Of chewing gum and We have abundant
wonderfully benehciaL The Chinese chew pungsat
beam the Turks and other Eastern races use beoswaf
natural eIudaons OF trees for the sans purpose
But the Americans are far from being the only people
who USE MANUFACTURED chewing gums There Is large
consumption OF them u England and Oh the Continent
OF Europe and ship several good orders to Australia
ev:Iy ysar :n,,t.n., has. for tss,.
gu.sl"
extracted from osa tar and the natural gum OF tho
spruce the only substances usod but about twenty
OF xrayish color from tree called the oncozopoe. IN
Mexico The chico Is large fsres tree and Is tsunt
chiefly near the coast In tho districts OF Tu1paa ana
Papauua.
PROVIDING WORK FOR MANY INDIANS
Thousands Of the Indians in these provinces new
make their living by gathering ohice and bringing 1t
down 10 tho market towns along the coast"
Referring to the phenomenal growth OF tho chewing
gum TRADE years this wcllknown manufacturer
/ sad
when began tho business, chewing gum was
made like toys fer the smusnent Of children But the
natural requirement for somethins TO chew which Is
illustrated among the human family by the use or
tobacco and other substances for that purpose caused
the trade develop itself with great rapidly Later
tho opinions OF doctors and chemists. OF actors
singers. athletes. public speakers, and new OF the
bicyclists that che wing gum was wholesome habit
that IT acted upon the saliyary glands IL manner 10
promote digestion; and finally assured that the
Ium AXE from tho chice 10 sn absolute prevent
I've We aad eIpeCtsa ne suS nr Hooss
wee perfectly harmless, we dld n0t Grain lot s.on